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Father Damien de Veuster (1840-1889), a Belgian priest, dedicated his life to serving those people afflicted with leprosy (aka Hansen's disease) in Hawai'i. In the 1860s, a merciless act banished those with the disease… |
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to the lonely north shore of the island of Moloka'i. Father Damien patiently worked with his care for 16 years before dying of the disease himself. His extraordinary sacrifice moves us to this very day. |
